Braille bats help visually impaired enjoy tapestry

Lynda Fiddler, Rachel Cullingham of Contact Support and Lucy Griffin from the museum with the new Braille bats in the Bayeux Gallery at the Museum of Reading

A new scheme to help visually impaired people enjoy the Bayeux tapestry at the Museum of Reading has been launched.

The innovative Braille bats offer an insight to the famous piece of work in the Bayeux Gallery and was the brainchild of museum worker Lynda Fiddler who is herself visually impaired.

Ms Fiddler came up with the idea to help others who also missed out on artwork to describe and interpret the work in Braille and decided to launch the scheme to celebrate her 20-year service with Reading Borough Council and Reading Museum.

She said: “It has taken a lot of work but I am delighted that the Braille bats will help people enjoy Reading Museum even if they are visually impaired.”